Valencia Basket opens the Copa del Rey Badalona'23 against Real Madrid

Valencia Basket opens the Copa del Rey Badalona'23 by facing Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the KO tournament (Thursday 16, 6:30 p.m., Palau Olímpic, #Vamos) with the complicated challenge of trying to knock out for the first time in this competition (has lost in the four previous clashes) to a team that also arrives with the best open streak in national competition.

 

To try to eliminate a rival who has played in the last nine finals of this competition in the first round, Álex Mumbrú's men will have the support of more than 400 Taronja fans in the stands of the Badalona Olímpic.

 

The Taronja team comes to the dispute for the first title of the season also in good form, with nine wins in their last twelve games, and two wins in the week before the tournament.

 

In a game in which captain Bojan Dubljevic can match Víctor Luengo as the player with the most appearances in the Copa del Rey as a taronja, up to five members of Valencia Basket could debut in this competition.

 

The Taronja expedition has sent thirteen players to Badalona, ​​with power forward James Webb III questionable for the game due to an injury to the chondrocostal joint and forward Xabi López-Arostegui a little bit weakened after having been ill in recent days.

 

Rosters

REAL MADRID

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Nigel Williams-Goss

EE.UU

Base

1.91

1

Fabien Causeur

Francia

Alero

1.96

5

Rudy Fernández

España

Alero

1.96

6

Alberto Abalde

España

Alero

2.02

8

Adam Hanga

Hungría

Alero

2.00

11

Mario Hezonja

Croacia

Alero

2.02

13

Sergio Rodríguez

España

Base

1.91

14

Gabriel Deck

Argentina

Alero

1.98

17

Vincent Poirier

Francia

Pívot

2.13

21

Petr Cornelie

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.11

22

Walter Tavares

Cabo Verde

Pívot

2.20

23

Sergio Llull

España

Base

1.90

28

Guerschon Yabusele

Francia

Ala-pívot

2.01

30

Eli Ndiaye

España

Pívot

2.04

31

Dzanan Musa

Bosnia

Alero

2.05

 

Chus Mateo

 

Entrenador

 

 

VALENCIA BASKET

Nº

Nombre

Nacimiento

Posición

Alt.

0

Jared Harper

EE.UU

Base

1.78

1

Víctor Claver

España

Alero

2.08

2

Josep Puerto

España

Alero

1.99

3

Klemen Prepelic

Eslovenia

Escolta

1.91

4

Jaime Pradilla

España

Ala-pívot

2.02

6

Xabi López-Arostegui

España

Alero

2.00

7

Chris Jones

EE.UU/Armenia

Base

1.88

12

Jonah Radebaugh

EE.UU/MNT

Escolta

1.91

13

Shannon Evans

EE.UU/Guinea

Base

1.85

14

Bojan Dubljevic

Montenegro

Pívot

2.05

21

Kyle Alexander

Canadá/Jamaica

Pívot

2.08

41

Jasiel Rivero

Cuba

Ala-pívot

2.06

 

Questionable

 

 

 

5

James Webb

EE.UU

Ala-pívot

2.03

 

Sidelined

 

 

 

9

Sam Van Rossom

Bélgica

Base

1.88

16

Millán Jiménez

España

Alero

1.99

24

Martin Hermannsson

Islandia

Base

1.90

Álex Mumbrú

Entrenador

 

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